August 20, 2016

Our very first stop on our adventure was to a RV park called Recreationland just outside of Ottawa.

We were planning to go into the city on Saturday to explore and I had looked up info about parking in the city.  It seemed like there were lots of places that offered free parking on Saturday and Sunday, or we thought we could find a paid parking spot.  So we hopped into our monster sized truck and drove it right downtown Ottawa…there were no parking spots big enough for our truck.

We ended up driving around for a very long time trying to find a bus station we could park at or someplace we could park for the day and not get towed.  Eventually we found a park and ride station and caught a bus into the city.  So much better!

We made it to the Parliament Building, and walked around the city.  We stopped and ate some lunch at a cute little pub then eventually made our way over to the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum.

         

By this point in the day we were exhausted so we took a bus back to our truck and headed home.  After some supper and a swim we decided to go back into the city to see the nightly light show that is displayed on the Parliament Building.  There also happened to be a firework show on the same night so we watched that first and then the light show started.  It was really amazing what they did with lights on the side of buildings.